From a u m g n Sent Thu, Dec 4th 1997, 08:59
From a u m g n Sent Thu, Dec 4th 1997, 08:59
third eye foundation _sound of violence_ cdep (24 minutes, roughly) (merge/domino MRG134CD) four tracks from mr. elliot, 2 new & 1 new remix, plus a remix of a track from the _ghost_ album. as opposed to the dark, densely layered atmosphere of that album, _sound of violence_ takes an almost giddy, gleeful approach to the material, while still maintaining that sense of alienation. the main thing i notice here is the tendency towards a more drill and bass sensibility, with the beats heavily chopped and constantly shifting through the soundfield. let's take it track by track: "sound of violence" absolute overload. jazz samples, screams, beats, all manipulated and layered to the point of saturation. not so much violent as just insane. lots of drilling. "a name for my pain" similar to a lot of the tracks on _ghost_, but not as emotionally heavy or dense. again, drill-and-bass programming taken to the illogical extreme, while dissonant, downsampled horns drone in the background. lots of conretist use of bizarre noises. ends with layered drones that sound like someone rubbing their finger on the edge of a wine glass. "pain" (violence version) short, harsher beats, total manipulation of a downsampled cymbal (?) mixed with the screams and other sounds from track 1. painful and highly experimental. good to listen to if you really want to feel insomniac, strung out and wide awake. "corpses" (version) a remix of "corpses as bedmates" from ghost. accenting the ghostly wails in the background and doing weird things with the beat, knocking the edges off and making it a bit more regular. rattling, drilling, you know the rest. overall: recommended for anyone who enjoys severely _out_ drum and bass stuff, or who likes 3ef in the first place. i'm not going to say that this is the best stuff he's done, but it is worth picking up; i'm still hoping the material he did live (composed mostly of turkish samples and severely fucked ambience) is released someday. briefly: dee'pulse & x-plorer "re-build" b/w "e-raizor" 12" (gyration) absolute drum and bass brilliance. manages to convey the dark atmosphere of techstep with intelligent programming and some AMAZING sounds. experimental but totally listenable. perfect for anyone who digs the panacea/chrome/no u-turn sounds but (like me) is getting annoyed with simplistic two-step beats. experimental audio research "the koner experiment" cd (space-age) jesus, did everyone miss the boat on this? this is basically the all-star EAR guys being remixed by PORTER RICKS. and it manages to sound similar to the _biokinetics_ CD but without the sometimes impenetrable song lengths and (almost too) subsonics. extremely enjoyable, especially track 3, which mixes a minimal, strange beat with sheets of staticky hiss that peel away like onionskin. tasty! [xxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx] [http://www.netaxs.com/~grievous/]